REL 2000 Chapter : RQ 4 Durkheim
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Both durkheim and freud both said that their studies required new scientific theories. Durkheim chose to use sociology as his study, and freud chose. Both of these men discovered that their studies led them back to faith and religion. Pals explains a similarity between freud and durkheim when saying, freud thought he could not fully explain the individual personality without also accounting for the appeal of religion. Durkheim felt precisely the same about society. (pg. Durkheim chose australian tribal religion as his main example because the society was a truly simple civilization. (pg. 97) durkheim speaks much of how simplistic the early minds were. Because their minds were so simple, totemism came about because these people believed that their totem would bring them good fortune. Durkheim believes that because totemism is so simple that it is the source of every other religion. (pg.
